Epiphany has come and gone. But this year, it struck me for the first time that the feast we celebrate is actually composed ...

A man steps down to plunge as a cross is reflected in icy water before celebrating the Orthodox Epiphany in the Stroginskaya ...

Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of ...

Russians in the southern city of Anapa took their traditional Epiphany dips in waters affected by a major oil spill, ...

For those who celebrate the Epiphany — the celebration of the Twelfth Night after Christmas — on Jan. 6, you may look forward ...

In Serbia's Orthodox Christian community, the feast of the Epiphany is marked by the traditional "swim for the Holy Cross." ...

However local emergency services in some regions cancelled events, saying it was too hazardous for worshippers to cut bathing ...

You could say that the winter chill and icy waters were counterbalanced by the warmth of prayer and the blessings for that ...

Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in east Ukraine as she ...

Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of ...